I was at primary school during the 1979 devolution referendum. It’s fair to say many in the Celtic community were suspicious of the SNP due to the hostile attitudes some of the party leadership had to the Irish diaspora in their midst.
Fresh blood brought change to the SNP in the 1980s, there were even overtures to Irish nationalism. Alex Salmond cemented these changes, broadened the appeal of the party towards new and multi-generation immigrants, and asserted the SNP’s multi-faith credentials. He also became close friends with disgraced Cardinal O’Brien (which is no reflection on Mr Salmond).
At the height of his political powers Salmond appears to have overreached. Something would be done about men shouting at football games. From now on only certain flavours of nationalism would be favoured, acceptable, perhaps even legal. MSP Christine Graham let the Scottish Parliament know, the problem was that Celtic fans were not acting illegally, so the law had to change.
The Axe the Act candidate in today’s Glasgow City Council, Govan, by-election, Thomas Rannachan has brought the consequences of Salmond’s largess to his door. The SNP are defending the seat but one year out from the battle Salmond really needs to win, his shoddy attack on football fans is set to undermine him. As an independent Rannachan may not win, but he has put the First Minister on the back foot.
George Ryan’s funeral will take place at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Glasgow, at 10:00 on Monday. All are welcome.
Sean’s book’s here, fill your boots:
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A free Scotland what would it be like.
Why be scared?
I don’t get the cowering scared oh them old style lambeggers will come after us.
What a lot of cowardly white.
Get Scotland free and the biggest educated minority will control the country
Alba’s green and white.
TET ……..respect …..that is Braw! ……..duly surprised …..chapeau …
Neustadt-Braw
Three of my favourite songs, worlds apart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Qoom2gvSQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THWA_EzVNvA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_a0zOLMAfw
HH
PS. I blame catholic schools.
fanadpatriot
23:58 on
10 October, 2013
My dad, of your fair isle, would always tell folk where they put it :@)
Singing Detective, why care about the ethnicity of immigrants? In my experience, immigrants work harder than the locals very often.
Neustadt-Braw
23:53 on 10 October, 2013
……………..Freedom! ……………..braw! thats my last word on the subject ….shouldn,t take a thinking celt more than it took my good self to type this …..braw!
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I will assume that that is a YES. :¬))))
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SO…………Bottom line…………
If tomorrow was polling day, how would CQN vote ?
YES………………………… NO……………………….Don’t know.
Kilbowie Kelt.
Neustadt-Braw
Apologies to any Hungarians! My post should have said ‘groups’ and not ‘government’.
ernie lynch
23:45
I took deep breath and did not make a comment on your post at 18:30. You did it again and can’t understand the circumstances, why your post was disrespectful. Once I called you Cyber Stalinist. I see you are a dick as well.
Right on my hols and a bottle of wine finished.
Not going for another one since I’ll get that “shaky hand” tomorrow and attempt to put my suger in the coffee and spread the whole table!
Night timland :-)
Saint Stivs
00:00 on
11 October, 2013,
Thank WHOEVER, that there are at least two of us.
NonshitebagCSC
Ernie
Its not an anagram. Its a question to you , that for a moment , a night, you give you politics a rest.
Without adding those who want to grieve into points scoring.
Give it a rest.
Zbyszek mówi, trzymaj się Oscar
00:08 on
11 October, 2013
‘Once I called you Cyber Stalinist.’
You did indeed.
As an insult it was pretty meaningless.
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WeeFra..
” If you chose to leave this sacred land, you do not deserve an opinion.”
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I’m tellin Ma Mammy..
The (Work) Famine’s over Do You dare come back Home..
I didn’t leave for Work but you get My Drift..
Summa
Saint Stivs
00:11 on
11 October, 2013
‘that for a moment , a night, you give you politics a rest.’
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If Paul67 wants to stop people discussing politics that’s fine by me.
I don’t initiate these discussions, but while others do I’ll respond.
And a couple more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXdaEihEyUc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQaFyCewOOo
Sleep well Timland.
Auldheid and his beautiful Mrs are here for a visit the morra for a couple of days, and Mrs TET is going manic with making sure everything is A Ok.
So looking forward to seeing him again, the mhan is a star, without the likes of Auldheid and his dug with a bone attitude, them barstewards would have gotten away with it.
HH
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KK
I would vote Yes….
I see that the snp would be gonners soon after, just don’t have a scooby what would happen then, but I doubt it would be worse than what is presently going down.
HH
Over the past months I have spoken with a number of family’s living in Scotland,regarding the Independence situation.All of the families have expressed a concern of the possibility of the closing of Catholic Education Schools.Why is this.? Can anyone on this forum guarantee the continuation of Catholic Education in Salmonds Scotland.No you cannot,because the first thing a Scottish Government will do ,is abolish Catholic Schools.
TET …..amazing how songs never change ….great sounds …..was lucky enough to be in Matt The Millers the other year there ,river Nore ,pint of stout and your second song all around ….that was Braw….I think I will retire to the Brown Mountain…braw.
Ernie.
Try leaving your politics aside . have you got any moment of compassion for what’s happening today, last week , this year for anyone on here who has shared their life.
SO…………Bottom line…………
If tomorrow was polling day, how would CQN vote ?
YES………………………… NO……………………….Don’t know.
Kilbowie Kelt.
Neustadt-Braw.
The Exiled Tim.
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fanadpatriot,
No Scottish politician has been stronger in his support of Catholic schools than Alec Salmond.
Summa
No disrespect, but I’m sure you know exactly what I am on about. How are you keeping these days. Looking forward to an email from you. :))
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
Can the Irish Republican British unionists take a break from their repetitive scare mongering? It is very tiresome. Catholic education is under most threat from left wing elements. They hate Catholics. Have a look at any Guardian forum concerning Catholic subjects. The vitriol is ridiculous.
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
22:52 on
10 October, 2013
turkeybhoy
You think it’s ok that a law is designed specifically to target us ? The cops have been given a weapon, who supplied it.
Can you answer this question please ? What songs are you referring to when yo wrote “No one can with all honesty say that the stamping out of some of the things sung was a bad thing”. ?
I dont class any of our songs the least bit offensive.Tell you what though,the Bill has fairly shut down the FTP,Famine Song,Hello Hello brigade at “The Big Hoose”
fanadpatriot,
Nonsense, the majority of pupils in Catholic Schools are well… fkin fed up wae this..
It’s the NAME THEY HATE, now…
How do you educate ALL the non PAPES at the PAPES school???
Do we knock down a PAPE SCHOOL, re build and rename it MARTIN LUTHER KOJO???
AUSTERITYCSC
goodnight TET ,,,,nae wonder yer good lady is flustered …..regards to the Big Man ,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5dYxX-PNno
Summa
Talk in the morning. Bed calls. Night night Timland. HH
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
kilbowie kelt,
That’s an ” Aye” from me.
Born 67
Weefra, hope all is well with your family and you. Hello to Poland. Good night all.
Kilbowie Kelt
Do you honestly trust Salmond.I expected more of you.
I have been tuned into this argument for a few days now, it’s fantastically funny check this example out.
Colin
There are two theories that are totally accepted by people that really irk me. The first is the theory of evolution and the second is the va.ginal birth of human beings.
It is OBVOIUS to me that storks bring babies! I have never seen a woman giving birth, but I have seen a lot of storks. If you ever go to the beach, you will lots of storks carrying babies. They look just like pelicans because they carry the babies in their mouths. If women gave birth to babies, there would be no need for a navel, but that is how the stork picks the babies up from HEAVEN.
There is no REAL evidence that women give birth to babies. It is just a THEORY. If they did, why is it that men never give birth to babies? Why just women? Where do boys come from? It makes no sense. There is also the problem of the missing link, because there are only ever midwives and never “mid-husbands.”
If women gave birth to babies, why are there still women and babies? And why is it you never see a half-woman, half-baby!! Explain that evolutionists and va.ginal birth believers! Bet you CAN’T.
If you look at a stork, it is INTELLIGENTLY designed to carry babies. Why would that be if it didn’t deliver babies? And what about twins and triplets? What, do some women have 2, or even 3 uteruses? That is stupid. A stork can EASILLY carry two or three babies, but a woman couldn’t.
Why is it that for every 50 boys born, there are 50 girls. What, can a va.gina count? Ha, how stupid. But a stork could. And, what about all the GAPS in the birth record. One time I took a peek at my mother’s va.gina, and it was so small and babies are SO BIG.
You evolutionists are so dumb. Your think babies JUST HAPPENED in their mother’s womb. What, do you think they just appeared out of yucky, slimy blood and stuff ? Fred Hoyle once calculated that the chance of a baby spontaneously appearing in a woman’s uterus was the same as a storm blowing through a junkyard and creating a Boing-747. That’s harder to believe than that the stork brought them!
You might like to think you came from a mere zygote, but I KNOW I came from a glorious stork.
My father insists that I was born because he slept with my mother. I derisively call this the Big Bang theory, because he cannot tell me what happened BEFORE the Big bang. And what caused the Big Bang? It must have been a stork.
You might ask, ok “what caused the stork?” Well the stork was always there.
Sincerely,
Typical Christian
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John o’neil
You too kiddo we are all well and off to bed now. Talk the mo. HH
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
They featured this singer and song in tonight’s episode of Peaky Blinders
Time
Goodnight CQN
Some football to watch tomorrow night
SO…………Bottom line…………
If tomorrow was polling day, how would CQN vote ?
YES………………………… NO……………………….Don’t know.
Kilbowie Kelt.
Neustadt-Braw.
The Exiled Tim.
DiCanioWasADream.
Supporters of a “No vote”
Every hun,Orange Order,,Masons,the Scottish MSM,DUP,UKIP,Tories,Royalists,
Thats good enough for me,I am voting YES.
(If they give me a postal vote).
Goodnight all.
Yes.
Vote. No scared.
fanadpatriot
00:35 on 11 October, 2013
Kilbowie Kelt
Do you honestly trust Salmond.I expected more of you.
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I rarely live up to anybody’s expectations, fanad. :¬)))
I am not daft enough to believe ANYTHING that any politician says.
I was simply pointing out that nobody has been more consistently supportive of the Catholic school system than Wee Eck.
Good Luck.
KK
Who gives a shit. Personally, I don’t give a hoot what people vote. Me, haven’t even thought about it. But, will now start to pay a little more attention to it. NOW WTF has this got to do with Celtic Football Club. We have been here for 126 yrs and will be here for the next 126 yrs. I see your point, but it will not bother us a jot. Just my opinion. HH bed now. Tok the mo. HH
Last post from me. Kilbowiekelt, I would probably retain the status quo. I don’t see a real need to change.